they had deserved, and to restore us again to that happiness and glory, which we could never expect or hope to enjoy, had not Chrift died for us. With what joy and thankfulness then muft we commemorate this exceeding love of God, in the falvation of finners by Jefus Chrift.

4. This was the proper end and defign of this inftitution, to perpetuate this wonderful love of Chrift in laying down his life for us. And as our Saviour, a little before his crucifixion, faid, Do this in remembrance of me: which being a folemn command of our Mafter and only Saviour thus dying for us, we cannot refufe obedience thereunto, without being guilty of the most horrible ingratitude and contempt of his divine authority, who of his great love to us, laid down his life for all men, and for our falvation.

5. How then, my foul! can they who profefs themfelves Chriftians, and hope for falvation by Jefus Chrift, and do not pay obedience to this his command, clear themfelves of a downright affront to his facred majefty? may he not juftly upbraid fuch Chriftians, as he did once the Jews, why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I Jay? Oh! how unworthy are we of that falvation, which he has wrought for us, if we deny him fo K.2 fmall

fmall a favour, fuch a reasonable request, as to commemorate his death and bitter paffion once a month, or at least thrice a year, who did humble himself even to the death of the cross for us miferable finners, who lay in darkness, and in the fhadow of death, that he might make us the children of God, and exalt us to everlafting life.

6. In this facrament of the Lord's fupper we have the pardon and remiffion of all our fins, the grace and affiftance of God's holy Spirit, and the hopes of eternal life and happinefs freely offered unto us: and therefore had we no love, no regard or reverence to the dying words of our crucified Saviour, yet furely the confideration of our own prefent and future advantage might prevail with us to be more frequent at the Lord's table than we ufually are.

Hymn of Thanksgiving on Friday Morning.
In remembrance of the death of Christ.

NOW let my heart with godly fear

And mournful pleasure sing,

The death of Chrift our great High Priest,
Our Prophet, and our King!

'Tis he, my foul! whom God decreed,

For crimes which thou haft done,

A facrifice and ransom great,

Th' Almighty's only Son.

Sing then, my foul, God's wondrous, love!
And blefs thy Saviour's name,

Whofe death hath made God's juftice known,
By whom falvation came.

The pangs of our expiring Lord,
Hell's dark defigns have broke,
And paid for follies not his own,
Oh! bleft be thou, my rock.
'Tis he whofe bloody fweat did fend
His pray'r to God on high;
And now, thro' him, our God will hear
The mourning finner's cry.

His righteoufnefs is gone before,
And gains access to God.

For those whofe feet shall stray no more,
But walk th' heav'nly road.

So in his praife I'll spend my breath,
All my remaining years:
His favour I will strive to gain
With pray'rs of thanks and tears.

I'll to his gates with fongs of joy,
I'll to his courts repair ;

I'll now devote myself to him,

Who made my life his care.

Let then my heart for ever fing

Chrift's death, God's love, and grace ! Let the whole church addrefs their king With joy and fongs of praife.

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Sinners

Sinners rejoice, and faints be glad!
Chrift's death falvation brought,
Which in the fupper of the Lord,
We all to praife are taught.
Then make it your divine employ,
Pay thanks and honours due:
Tho' many to the feast are called,
The chofen are but few.

The Prayer on Friday Morning.

For a thankful remembrance of the death of Chrift.

OST holy and almighty God, our heavenly Father, who of thy tender mercy didft give thine only Son, Jefus Chrift, to fuffer death upon the cross for our redemption, and haft inftituted and ordained holy myfteries as pledges of his love, and for a continual remembrance of his death and paffion, to our great and endless comfort: behold, I do moft affectionately, and with all the powers of my foul and body, return my moft hearty praife and thanksgiving for thy great mercy and tender compaffion to me and all mankind, in fending thine only Son into the world to redeem us from fin and mifery, and by his meritorious death, and paffion to purchafe for us eternal life. Grant, O Lord, that I may always most gratefully remember this exceeding

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love of my only Saviour Jefus Chrift thus dying for me; and work in me all fuch holy and heavenly affections, may difpofe my heart to be a worthy gueft at that holy table, prepared for the continual remembrance of the facrifice of the death of Chrift, and of those benefits which we receive thereby. Praise the Lord, O my foul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgiveth all thy fin, and healeth all thine infirmities, who faveth thy life from deftruction, and crowneth thee with mercy and lovingkindness.

I thy humble fervant entirely defire thy fatherly goodnefs mercifully to accept this my facrifice of praife and thankf giving, most humbly befeeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jefus Chrift, and through faith in his blood, I and all thy whole church may obtain remiffion of our fins, and all other benefits of his paffion. And here I offer and prefent unto thee, O Lord, my foul and body to be a reasonable, holy, and lively facrifice unto thee, humbly befeeching thee, that I and all who are partakers of the holy communion, may be filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although I am unworthy, through my manifold fins, to offer

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